Entries by Bryan Ginn

New TMA President Ivan Spector Kicks Off Term at CANASA Event

TMA’s new president Ivan Spector began his term at the close to the 2017 TMA Annual Meeting on October 11. His first public address as president was the following week at the CANASA Monitoring Symposium — appropriately enough, as he is TMA’s first Canadian president. The CANASA event focused on how the industry is reacting […]

TMA 2017 Annual Meeting Recap and Photo Gallery

  Missed the TMA Annual Meeting in Scottsdale earlier this month? Check out the photos from the event (below — click to enlarge) and the recap in Security Systems News to find out what you missed. (It’s not too early to save the date and plan the budget for the 2018 Annual Meeting in Palm […]

Morgan Hertel Honored with TMA’s Lott Award

Rapid Response’s Morgan Hertel Honored with Stanley C. Lott Award at 2017 TMA Annual Meeting Morgan Hertel, vice president of Technology and Innovation for Rapid Response Monitoring Services, Inc. was awarded The Monitoring Association (TMA)’s highest honor, the Stanley C. Lott Memorial Award for Exemplary Service, at the 2017 Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ on October […]

Rapid Response’s Morgan Hertel Honored with Stanley C. Lott Award at 2017 TMA Annual Meeting

Morgan Hertel, vice president of Technology and Innovation for Rapid Response Monitoring Services, Inc. was awarded The Monitoring Association (TMA)’s highest honor, the Stanley C. Lott Memorial Award for Exemplary Service, at the 2017 Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ on October 11. This award was created to honor the memory of Stanley C. Lott, a TMA […]

TMA and SSI Team Up to Spotlight Monitoring Center Technology with the “Marvel” Award

(October 19, 2017) – The Monitoring Association and Security Sales & Integration are pleased to announce “The Marvel” — the inaugural TMA/SSI Monitoring Technology “Marvel” Award. This new award will honor innovations in monitoring center technology. It will be co-sponsored by TMA and Security Sales & Integration (SSI) and coordinated by the TMA Technology Committee. […]

Sascha Kylau Honored with TMA President’s Award

Onetel’s Sascha Kylau Honored with TMA President’s Award for Leadership in Education, Technology Sascha Kylau, vice president of sales at OneTel Security, was awarded The Monitoring Association (TMA)’s President’s Award for service to the alarm industry on October 11 at the 2017 Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ. “Part of TMA’s mission to provide education to […]

Onetel’s Sascha Kylau Honored with TMA President’s Award, for Leadership in Education, Technology

Sascha Kylau, vice president of sales at OneTel Security, was awarded The Monitoring Association (TMA)’s President’s Award for service to the alarm industry on October 11 at the 2017 Annual Meeting in Scottsdale, AZ. “Part of TMA’s mission to provide education to our members that helps them meet today’s industry challenges. This year Sascha’s efforts […]

Loudoun County, VA Implements ASAP

Technology Increases Accuracy and Reduces Response Times to Alarms    Loudoun County became the twenty-ninth PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) in the United States and the second in the Washington, DC area to go live with the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), a technology that allows alarm companies to transmit alarms to both the Loudoun […]

Call to Action – The Threat to Central Station Service

A Call to Action from The Monitoring Association TMA members participate on Standards Development Organization (SDO) committees in the development of standards that impact our industry. Despite our best efforts, SDOs occasionally adopt standards language that is harmful to TMA members. Such standards actions can also restrict the service provider preferences of fire and security […]